INVOLVE NORTHWEST

Registered charity 1056777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRANMERE CITIZENS' QUEST ALLIANCE

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Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.9m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £92,579 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting from planned expenditure exceeding incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £514,769, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering twelve months of core costs estimated at £470,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is well-placed to manage financial risks and continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Wirral Council (36% of income)

“The main funder for Involve Northwest is Wirral Council, who provided £993,748 (2024: £936,288) in respect of Wirral Worklessness Support (known as “Reachout”) and £997,498 (2024: £1,246,319) for the Community Connectors project” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: up to twelve months of core and support costs (held: £515k)

“The trustees’ policy is to ensure that sufficient free reserves are held to cover up to twelve months of core and support costs” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: DPC Consultants Ltd is a business controlled by the son of Trustee Ms M O’Connor.

“Involve Northwest purchase environmental consultancy services as and when required from DPC Consultants Ltd, which is a business controlled by the son of a Trustee, Ms M O’Connor (resigned 26.11.24). Services to a value of £6,000 (2024- £588) were purchased during the year.” — page 30

“Mr A Barr is a trustee of Involve Northwest. His wife is employed by the charity. She was recruited prior to Mr Barr’s appointment, and she is employed under standard terms of employment of the company.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Mr A Barr's wife is employed by the charity.

“Involve Northwest purchase environmental consultancy services as and when required from DPC Consultants Ltd, which is a business controlled by the son of a Trustee, Ms M O’Connor (resigned 26.11.24). Services to a value of £6,000 (2024- £588) were purchased during the year.” — page 30

“Mr A Barr is a trustee of Involve Northwest. His wife is employed by the charity. She was recruited prior to Mr Barr’s appointment, and she is employed under standard terms of employment of the company.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Involve Northwest (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.9m

Reserves (reported)

£515k

Employees

75

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Barr
Andrew Walker Wright
DAVID CHEYNE
Debra Gillian Black
Greg Doran
Kurt Erik Robert Beaumont-Jones

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£2.9m
31/03/2024	£2.9m	£3.0m
31/03/2023	£3.5m	£3.3m
31/03/2022	£3.2m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£2.4m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is INVOLVE NORTHWEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £92,579 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting from planned expenditure exceeding incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £514,769, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering twelve months of core costs estimated at £470,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is well-placed to manage financial risks and continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of INVOLVE NORTHWEST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds INVOLVE NORTHWEST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INVOLVE NORTHWEST as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	£169k	DCMS Fund Grants >£50k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Merseyside

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2023	£352k	The Lighthouse Centre.
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/07/2022	£10k	The Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/03/2020	£10k	Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/10/2019	£432k	WIRRAL WELFARE & DEBT SERVICE
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2016	£10k	Wirral Leapfrog Domestic Abuse Early Action Support For 11-16 Years
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/07/2016	£450k	Involve Northwest Benefits Advice Service
Sport England	31/07/2013	£5k	Innov8 Basketball Academy
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/12/2012	£303k	INVOLVE NORTHWEST INDEPENDENT ADVICE CENTRE
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2011	£3k	Advice Gateway
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/01/2010	£5k	Money Advice Workshops
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/07/2009	£175k	Involve Northwest Youth Services
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2008	£5k	Advice & Guidance Promotional
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2005	£188k	Advice service
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/06/2005	£5k	PC, training courses and networking the computers

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£695k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	1	£101k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	1	£6k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WIRRAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED.

WIRRAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED income £2.9m
INVOLVE NORTH EAST income £89k
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED income £1.1m
WIRRAL FOODBANK PLUS income £118k
WIRRAL MIND income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INVOLVE NORTHWEST	£2.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
WIRRAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INVOLVE NORTH EAST FY2026	£89k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIRRAL FOODBANK PLUS FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.